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Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 01, 2023
Applicant:

Cree Lighting Usa Llc, Racine, WI (US);

Inventors:

Eric J. Tarsa, Goleta, CA (US);

Jean-Claude David Ramey DeSugny, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

David Stone, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Benjamin A. Jacobson, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Shawn Patrick Keeney, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Claudio Girotto, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Theodore Lowes, Lompoc, CA (US);

Chandan Bhat, Goleta, CA (US);

Mark Youmans, Goleta, CA (US);

Assignee:

CREE LIGHTING USA LLC, Racine, WI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12 (2006.01); F21S 6/00 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); F21V 23/04 (2006.01); F21Y 103/33 (2016.01); F21Y 105/16 (2016.01); F21Y 105/18 (2016.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01); G02B 6/122 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12004 (2013.01); F21S 6/005 (2013.01); F21V 23/0435 (2013.01); F21V 23/0464 (2013.01); F21V 23/0471 (2013.01); F21V 23/0485 (2013.01); G02B 6/0045 (2013.01); G02B 6/0063 (2013.01); G02B 6/0076 (2013.01); G02B 6/0088 (2013.01); G02B 6/122 (2013.01); F21Y 2103/33 (2016.08); F21Y 2105/16 (2016.08); F21Y 2105/18 (2016.08); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08); G02B 6/0068 (2013.01); G02B 6/0073 (2013.01); G02B 6/0078 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12083 (2013.01);
Abstract

Luminaires are described herein employing waveguides and associated architectures for dynamic alteration of illuminance distribution patterns. The waveguide includes a light extraction component. The waveguide transmits light from a light source to the light extraction component by total internal reflection (TIR). The light extraction component includes one or more reversibly moveable surfaces for altering illuminance distribution patterns of the luminaire in response to one or more forces applied to the light extraction component by a force application assembly of the luminaire.


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